That is a very sleazy aspersion. Paul Craig Roberts, PhD, was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under President Ronald Reagan.
So who do we believe: some anonymous aspersion-slinger who goes by the name of "x", or Dr. Paul Craig Roberts of the Reagan administration? Tough choice . . .
This is Dr. Roberts:
"[T]he reason for which the Southern states were seceding was the tariff, but the Constitution gave the federal government the right to levy a tariff. Therefore, the Southern states could not cite the tariff as a breach of the Constitutional fabric.
"Slavery was the only issue that the South could use to make a legal case that it was not in rebellion. Article 4 of the US Constitution reads: 'No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.' In defiance of Article 4, some Northern states had passed laws that nullified the Fugitive Slave Act and other laws that upheld this article of the Constitution. The South used these nullification laws to make its case that Northern states had broken the Constitutional contract, thus justifying the Southern states secession."
[Paul Craig Roberts, "A 'Civil War' Lesson for the Uneducated." The Burning Platform, Nov 14, 2018]
The historical literature is loaded with support for Dr. Robert's assertion that the tariff was the precipitator of the Secession. Perhaps in the future you will strive to defend your position with something other than low-class slander.
Mr. Kalamata
Paul Craig Roberts went wacko years ago. Don't "believe" me. Check it out for yourself.
The historical literature is loaded with support for Dr. Robert's assertion that the tariff was the precipitator of the Secession.
That is the revisionist (that is, fake, phony baloney) history. Nobody worthy of being taken seriously takes that view seriously.
Thanks for the link. Being southern born I figured PCR to be a southron apologist (not that there’s anything wrong with that ;’} but an examination of his writings shows him to be a full-fledged lost causer.
As to the charge of holocaust denier, I am conflicted. I haven’t seen anything where he plainly states any denials but I see that his writing style leans toward passive-aggressive. He pours out claims and says (in effect) “you decide”. A wide range of articles can be found here: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/category/articles/
In one he is hypercritical of President Trump. Needlessly so unless he isn’t a Trump supporter. Among others is an article claiming more (and worse) war crimes were committed by the allies than by the Nazis. Then there is one where he denies that it wasn’t actions by the Germans that caused WWII. And yes, there is an article where he doesn’t tacitly deny the holocaust but he does cite claims by Holocaust deniers and suggests that you make up your own mind. From his writings he does not appear to be a fan of Israel (but he is Johnny on the spot for the palis).
It was there that I largely grew disinterested.